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The Farm & Forest Museum housed at Hooper Hall,  provides a 
setting where children can learn about the Connecticut Valley's 
rich agricultural heritage.  Since 1985 almost 9,000 students from 
both sides of the Connecticut River have visited our hands-on and 
experiential museum.

Children handle tools of the harvest, forestry tools and tools used 
to build a Colonial barn.  How did early settlers grow the materials 
to make their own clothes?  Students card and spin wool, handle flax 
and linen.  Dress-up in period style clothes is a popular activity.

Visitors grind wheat and corn into flour to take back to the classroom.
An outdoor hike to a "mast" tree and an old farm site complete the
experience.

There is a nominal entrance fee for non-Walpole school groups. 
Contact the Institute for further information.


                         
             
           
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